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Ontonagon County, MI

5,850 Population
1,311 square miles 4.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,400 ±$1,700 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,398 ±$5,453 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.5% ±2.7% (727  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±3 (46,125  ±6,192) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,149 ±131 Number of households
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.1 (5,782  ±19) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.4% (11  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,238 ±65 Number of housing units
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$111,700 ±$4,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.2% ±2.2% (535  ±128) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±4.3% (4,626  ±212.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.5% ±2% (903  ±96.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.1% (64  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14% ±1.4% (726  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
726 Total veterans ±72 687 Male ±71 39 Female ±18

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